Where Do I Begin?

Well hello there!

I'm not even sure where to start.

Let's see I'll start with this.....

I love to blog.

Yep, but have become terrible at it.

Its so easy just to jump on FB

and type out a verse or small update 

and move on.

The blog takes longer but is SO worth it!

Let me begin here

with a few pictures.....

That's a good place to start right?

Well our Sir Cuteness is in California

right now with mama and her family 

on vacation.

This is the longest we have been apart 

practically since he was born.

But he is having a fabulous time!!

He saw the ocean for the first time yesterday,

and he is going to Disneyland this week.

He.can't.wait.

Mickey, Minnie, Olaf

heehee

He is MOST excited to see Olaf.

Oh I hope he is wandering about

with his flurry cloud above his head =)

This was taken the night before Sir Cuteness left

on the big ole Jet Plane.

We went to TGIFriday's with 

Eric, Erin and their loves.

Yes my granddaughter Miss Lady Sweetness herself.

Here she is in all her pink bowness.  

Yes it is a spectacular and it appears.

 And here she is with brother,

who incidentally was leaving the next

day to go with his grandparents to Florida for a week.

He will be gone the same time Sir Cuteness

will be, but at opposite ends of the country.

Then it was time for Glow Golf.

How fun.

Well I didn't actually play.

No sir, I VERY happily agreed to watch

this princess.

Oh.my.golly.

Look at that hair.

I mean seriously.

The cuteness.

She is a doll.

A.doll.

Ant then Friday morning I woke up 

early and watched this babe sleeping for a bit.

Yes he was leaving later in the day,

but for now, 

my heart was resting in this moment.

I love him so!!!

Then it was off to play tennis.

'nuff said.

Oh how I love him!!

Have I mentioned that?

I just LOVE this pic.

The boys are watching a video of 

Sir Cuteness hanging from a rope.

hahaha

He did really good.

Held on for almost a minute.

That's big stuff for a five year old.

Here is Sir Cuteness and Hailey

on the plane.

He loved it!!

And then he fell asleep =)

Ok so this seems silly,

but I went to get my face done 

yesterday because I have a new friend

from church that sells Mary Kay and

she was having an event,

so I went.

I loved it!!

She has such a story.

A beautiful, God-filled, story.

Here is my eye.

Not a part of her story,

but so a part of mine.

This is the one that has been infected.

Looking back to normal

and way prettier than normal.

I am not good at make up.

I just wear it.

Does that make sense?

Well, now I feel better at it.

YAY!!

anyway....

And here I am donning my Huskers hat.

Is it football season yet?

I love y'all!!

Please tell me I will get back into regular blogging?

I sure hope so.

Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day ~~ 

Summer Fun.....

 So I thought since I hadn't written in so long,

that I'd get you caught up on the summer fun.

It's hard to believe the end of summer is fast approaching.

From July 31st - August 26th we have 5 Birthdays.

So that means lots of fun and pictures to come =)

So let's look at the some of the fun we've had so far this summer.

This picture makes me smile and nearly cry every time I see it.

Sir Cuteness started Preschool in May.  Yes I know it is a weird

time for him to start, but he is going to a Christian Preschool

and so he could start with a summer school type program,

and then start preschool in August in earnest.

This picture of him and PaPa was taken the night before

his first day of Preschool.  

He said, "Grandma, you better take our picture, 

because tomorrow I grow up."

tear.

sniffle.

so.true.

We have blinked and he is five.

We will blink again and he will be graduating high school.

Yes, it goes that fast.

On  the Fourth of July, my Mr. Winslow and I headed to the 

woods to hike to the lake.  Needless to say, we took a wrong 

turn and never found the lake.  So we camped in the middle

of snake and tick country.  I mean TICK COUNTRY!!!

They nearly carried us off!!  

But wasn't our camp site so cute?!!

I love to camp.

I love to camp with my Mr. Winslow.

I love my Mr. Winslow.

Hi there.

And we have swam.

We picked up Sir Cuteness a little pool.

He loves it.

He doesn't dig water over his head.

I don't blame him.  Not my cup o joe either,

so this pool is perfect for our little man.

And we have played with art.

Lots of art this summer has found its way into 

Sir Cutenesses sweet little hands.

It's so cute to him say, 'Gamma, I want to emboss."  smile.

And we have had breakfast picnics on rainy mornings before preschool.

Yep, its what we do.

We're cool like that =)

We've grown sunflowers.

Little ones like this,

and big ginourmous ones in the garden.

And speaking of garden.....

tomatoes.....

lots and lots of tomatoes.

So far, that has been our glorious summer.

And yes, we've had hard moments too, like mom just getting out 

of the hospital today, having had pneumonia.

And Sir Cuteness sticking a bead up his nose,

And having to go to the emergency room and the ENT the next day when ER couldn't get it out.

Yes, now that is quite the story.  

I hope your summer is going swimmingly.

                                                                                  

There have been church things and lake times with my Beautiful Miss A as well.

I may have to do a post just about this, and my sweet Dak.  He has a new tattoo.  Sigh.

Another story another day :). I love him.

I hope y'all have a beautiful day!!